http://www.arborteas.com/teablog The official weblog of Arbor Teas Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:32:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our amazing food blogger Olivia May (From the Kitchen of Olivia) found this wonderful recipe for Matcha Pancakes.  Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, this recipe looks fun, festive, and fabulous!  Of course, you know where to look if you are searching for the organic matcha required to make ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-fun/matcha-pancakes-just-in-time-for-st-pattys-day/ One of our traditional blends at Arbor Teas is our ever-popular organic Irish Breakfast tea.  With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I got to wondering about this particular blend.  Where did the flavor profile come from and why is it so popular in Ireland? One of Ireland’s most famous ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/miscellaneous/history-of-irish-tea/ Buttery and cake-like in texture with an ornamental, fluted shape, the madeleine is quite likely the most beautifully described cookie in literary prose.  For it is the taste of a madeleine dipped in tea that sets into motion a vivid flood of memories recounted in Marcel Proust’s fictional novel,  A ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/cooking-with-tea/cooking-with-tea-recipe-earl-grey-tea-madeleines/ Decaffeinated tea is a great option for tea lovers who wish to avoid much of the caffeine naturally found in the tea leaf.  All forms of tea (black, oolong, green, white, and pu-erh) can be decaffeinated; but really only black and green tea are regularly decaffeinated.  It must be noted ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/ The health benefits of green tea seem to be popping up perpetually in the news these days. Just recently a published study found that drinking green tea increases the effectiveness of antibiotics. Good news for those suffering this flu and cold season! Another well-vetted remedy for these ailments is a ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-and-health/cooking-with-tea-recipe-dragonwell-green-tea-chicken-noodle-soup/ It is flu and cold season again!  And if my son returning from day care with the sniffles and a cough wasn't enough to inspire me, my own sore throat prompted me to read the latest edition of "Natural Health."  I was excited to read an article written by Daniel ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-and-health/green-tea-boosts-antibiotic-effectiveness/ Wondering what’s happening in the Fair Trade Certified tea estates that supply Arbor Teas with its exceptional organic teas?  Here is an update on the Singampatti Oothu Estate which supplies Arbor Teas with an organic, Fair Trade Certified black tea that is full-bodied, smooth, and subtly sweet with light to ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/fair-trade/fair-trade-feature-%e2%80%93-singampatti-oothu-estate/ Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford, is credited with the origination of afternoon tea in the early 1800s in Great Britian. In Anna's day, lunch was served at noon, with dinner often put off until well into the evening. As the story goes, Anna decided that a light meal over ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-terms/tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cafternoon-tea%e2%80%9d/ Imagine buttery sweet combined with salt and smoke. These are the flavor components that form quite possibly the most divine confection to come from my kitchen to date. Boutique caramels, flavored salts and smoked anything are all making headlines as current food trends. Here I combine them together into one ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-fun/cooking-with-tea-recipe-smoky-lapsang-souchong-caramels/ The World Tea News recently reported (11/30/09) on a study that suggests that plants producing high-quality tea cannot simply be reproduced in other regions with the same outcome.  Researchers at the Kenyan institutions Maseno University, Egerton University and Moi University, conducted the study, which will appear in the April 2010 ... http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/miscellaneous/recent-study-finds-that-region-does-matter-for-tea-quality/